Summer Heat or Summer Success

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It’s that time of year again- Summer!  Now I know for most of you parents, that doesn’t start until the end of May, and for you college students, not until mid-May.  But what does that mean?  Is it a time to take a break?  Maybe lay back and pretty much… do nothing except enjoy the summer breeze?

Here’s what I know from personal experience.  From August through May, we are at our most tested, most utilized, and most engaged in our everyday responsibilities & tasks.  When it hits summer time, over 80% of the population (US, Canada) experiences a cut in hours at jobs, a decrease in average monthly income, and a larger gap of idle time.  In other words, Summer is what most of us call, “recharging our batteries.”

There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking Summer to take a break, except that is where most of us don’t look at it as a time to grow.  To become more, to test our potential.

As a leadership expert and author on personal/professional growth, I have been able to compare how much income, stress, and physical/health levels differ when two groups of people are compared side by side.  One group uses the downtime in summer as a massive opportunity to test out their dreams.  They have less hours in the week, so instead of just being home watching TV, they use the time to learn an instrument, start (or grow) a business, write a book (as I did), or get in shape.  The other group did what over 80% of the population normally does- sit back, relax, and wait until August begins the cycle again.

The results were intense.  The group who took advantage of summer as an opportunity maker had a 25% increase in income, with a quarter of the group whose income doubled, tripled, even quadrupled.  This increase was due to their skills being fine-tuned, or qualities being sharped professionally, as well as self-taught.

The group who sat back, relaxed, and enjoyed the few months off stayed the same income bracket for the majority.  10% came back into August with the same number of hours.  What this means is that their summer paychecks were dragged into August, some all the way to December.  In a few instances, the income did increase, but where a contract was signed years prior of pay increase regardless of time off (usually in salary compensation plans instead of hourly).

My question is- will you take summer off and stay the same when August kicks back in?

OR

Will you take advantage of the extra time, and build yourself into a whole new lifestyle within 2-3 months?

I invite you to join the Mentorship that is still open.  Last year alone, ChallengeToLive, Inc. grew by ten times from May-June, helping hundreds of people increase their income, and doing it only part time (10-12 hours per week).  Just to give you an idea of how far we pushed last year, here are some the goals that I set for the company to accomplish before August:

-Grow internationally.

-Promote at least 10 people to a position of $500/WK+ income.

-Help 3-5 college students in CTL pay off tuition, loans, or major expenses.

-Establish a private publishing company, as well as publish 1 book.

-Create enough revenue to send 3 Members into an all-inclusive paid vacation in 2014.

-Establish an agreement with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) to create a Career option for those who join CTL.

-Pave a gameplan that coincides with NASM’s CPT program, with the opportunity of having it 100% paid for.

As big as those goals are, all of them were met and surpassed by August.  And if you’re wondering, these goals are only a few that we had outlined to accomplish over the Summer of 2013.  Will you be a part of CTL this summer and create a new lifestyle?  Or will you wait until next May where I post a few of the major accomplishments made by those who joined this year?  The choice is yours.

 

With Your Health & Success In Mind

The 4 Change Laws

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Do You Have The 4 Change Laws?

It might sound crazy, but there are 4 laws to change. For the better or for worse, these laws can build you up into a wonderful life, or demolish you through a downward spiral.  It’s up to you to decide where you’ll be heading, and it’s up to me to give you the details so you can make the best choices and begin building a bright future instead of a stress-filled experience.

  • You have to believe that you have what it takes to change. Sounds simple, but may be the hardest part of change.  Even thinking about it is hard for many.  How do you overcome this?  By thinking about change.  Just do it, over and over again.  And again.  And again until you’re pressuring yourself every second of the day that it’s time to do something about it.  An example crowds constantly enjoy is when I mix in my speech these two questions into a seminar of life success: “Are you going to complain?  Or are you going to complain and think of the solution and do something about it?”
  • When you talk to yourself about the solution long enough to believe it’s a real possibility- you’ve lifted your potential. For the past year I’ve been working privately with people who were on the last hope in a better life, and they had everything to live a life of their dreams.  The only problem was that they didn’t see the potential in themselves, they literally put a lid; a locked door; hid away chances; just stayed still.  By helping others see the real chances in life and then having them think a better life was possible, I was able to lift their lid, and they filled the gap. They became who they were meant to be, one lid lift at a time.
  • Just like action movies.  Seriously.  Think about it!  I’m not even joking here!!!  When we take action to change for the better, don’t we feel powerful?  Even hear our most favorite songs in the background?  Doesn’t everything seem to amplify itself?  Friendships get closer, choices get bigger, opportunities find you instead of “waiting for it,”? That’s the truth.  When you take action, you create a movie-like lifestyle.
  • The results and rewards. The “final” step that is actually a refueling station.  When you take action, what happens?  You get a reaction.    You do something, you get something in return.  Maybe you applied to my Mentorship, got accepted, started training, and BAM!  Promoted in 2 weeks.  You see, you get out of life what you put in.  What does this do?  Refuels your belief!  You got a reaction and now you tell yourself, “You know what? I can do MORE.  I can BE MORE!!”  Then you lift your own lid of potential, grow as a person, and take more action!  That creates results, and guess what?  You’re now loving life because it’s an upward climb every single day.  Lovely 😀

Want to know the downward spiral of these 4 steps?  Easy- Instead of thinking about the solution in step 1, think about doing nothing OR doing something that is only going to make the complaining worse.  You’ll be able to figure out the 3 other steps.  Oh, and don’t worry- we can all change.  I myself had to slow down my life and really think about where I wanted my life to go.  You see, if someone is heading toward disaster, they don’t need negative reinforcement to speed up the process.  They need to slow down, and think about where they are headed.  The rest is depends on the outcome.  Have a lovely Tuesday.